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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 53 NE 247 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | FARNBOROUGH LODGE |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Single storey cottage or lodge constructed between 1828-38 as part of the residential and public park.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 58855 39060 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ53NE |
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| Parish: | ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- LODGE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1828 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1281705: FARNBOROUGH LODGE |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CALVERLEY PARK 1. 1746 Farnborough Lodge TQ 5839 SE 7/138 20.5.52 II* GV 2. Early C19. Built of Tunbridge Wells stone quarried in large blocks. Single storey lodge with a gable containing an attic window facing east and a half-hipped gable without window facing south. Nos 1 to 24 (consec) form a group with Keston Lodge and Victoria Lodge.
Listing NGR: TQ5885539060 (1)
Description from record TQ 53 NE 35 :
(TQ 58853907) Farnborough Lodge (NAT) (2) 1746 CALVERLEY PARK 2. The layout of Calverley Park and the individual houses in it were designed by Decimus Burton. The general design was made in 1828 and the houses were built during the next 10 years. The town planning of the estate is excellent but the houses vary considerably in style and quality. 1746 CALVERLEY PARK Farnborough Lodge TQ 5839 SE 7/138 20.5.52 II* GV 2. Early C19. Built of Tunbridge Wells stone quarried in large blocks. Single storey lodge with a gable containing an attic window facing east and a half-hipped gable without window facing south. (3) Farnborough Lodge, single-storeyed sandstone cottage. (4)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> OS 1:1250 1973 (OS Card Reference). SKE48185.
<3> DOE(HHR)Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 5, 13 (OS Card Reference). SKE41385.
<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 585 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37922.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #39093 Building, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:1250 1973. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 5, 13. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 585 (J Newman). |
